How to detect if device is capable of calling and messaging

Question

Some devices ie. Galaxy Tablet 10.1 can only send SMS, but cannot call. Some other devices like Asus Transformer don\'t even have SIM card.

How can I detect if devic

Answer 1

You can just wrap your code in try/catch. It works in all cases, even with the last api changes about sms sending.

try{
    // code that use telephony features
}
catch(Exception e){
    // code that doesn't use telephony features
}